For years, Apple taught us to unlock iOS devices by swiping on the lock screen from left to right. The company even patented this technology, and gave Samsung and other Android device makers plenty of ...

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Apple can now stop sales of Motorola's Android handsets in Germany for too closely copying the iPhone's "slide-to-unlock" feature. I thought the EU didn't allow BS software patents. I got a kick out ...

Apple can now stop sales of Motorola's Android handsets in Germany for too closely copying the iPhone's "slide-to-unlock" feature.

When you place your finger on your smartphone’s touchscreen and swipe to unlatch its multifaceted features, you’re now officially doing ‘The Apple’. Okay, it turns out you already were, but it wasn’t ...

Apple's arsenal of patents potentially became stronger this week, when the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded the company another patent related to unlock gestures on a touchscreen device. U.S.

Apple beefed up its patent portfolio this week when it was granted patents for the slide-to-unlock feature, as well as a mechanism for charging a device by solar power. As noted by Forbes, the solar ...